Research on functional members of top management teams (TMTs) has increasingly drawn interest to the strategic management field over the past few years. Studies have documented the rise of the chief financial officer (CFO) to pivotal importance and considerable power within the organization. By...

In many industries, firms usually have two choices when expanding into new markets: They can either build a new plant (greenfield entry) or they can acquire an existing incumbent. In the U.S. cement industry, the comparative advantage (e.g., TFP or size) of entrants versus incumbents and...

Der Beitrag stellt Ergebnisse des SOFI-Projektes "Organisation von Innovationsprozessen in der Halbleiterindustrie" vor, das im Rahmen des"Verbundes Sozialwissenschaftliche Technikforschung" vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung gefördert wurde. Das Projekt hat die Veränderung von...

The past quarter century has witnessed many developments in the research and practice of managing human resources in the United States. In this article, we briefly describe two major areas in which these developments have been unfolding: strategic human resource management and international...